A small fire was reported at Raytown High School Thursday afternoon.Images | VideoFirefighters were called to the 6000 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard just before 2 p.m.Smoke was reported inside the building. The fire was reported in a trash can in a bathroom on the school's lowest floor.Sensors in the ceiling of the building went off, which complicated efforts to find the source of the fire.Students were forced to evacuate the building as a precaution."I was just sitting in class, and we hear the alarm and everybody thought in my class that it was just a drill and then our principal, Dr. Bruton said, 'This is not a drill,' and I was, like, 'Oh!' I started running out of the class, I'm not getting caught and I forgot all of my stuff," said senior Amanda Humphries."I was in the middle of taking a test and the alarms went off, and then the principal came on the intercom," said senior Mariah Scroggins."We came back and we saw everybody outside and they told us we couldn't go back in," said senior Dymond Quhn. "So we've just been standing outside."Students were dismissed for the day at the normal time.The district said the focus now is making sure the building is fully ventilated and trying to figure out how the fire started."We have lots of security cameras and we will review that tape as we go," said Cathy Allie of the Raytown School District.Activities planned at the school Thursday evening were set to go on as scheduled. Classes should resume Friday.11833402

Firefighters were called to the 6000 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard just before 2 p.m.

Smoke was reported inside the building. The fire was reported in a trash can in a bathroom on the school's lowest floor.

Sensors in the ceiling of the building went off, which complicated efforts to find the source of the fire.

Students were forced to evacuate the building as a precaution.

"I was just sitting in class, and we hear the alarm and everybody thought in my class that it was just a drill and then our principal, Dr. Bruton said, 'This is not a drill,' and I was, like, 'Oh!' I started running out of the class, I'm not getting caught and I forgot all of my stuff," said senior Amanda Humphries.

"I was in the middle of taking a test and the alarms went off, and then the principal came on the intercom," said senior Mariah Scroggins.

"We came back and we saw everybody outside and they told us we couldn't go back in," said senior Dymond Quhn. "So we've just been standing outside."

Students were dismissed for the day at the normal time.

The district said the focus now is making sure the building is fully ventilated and trying to figure out how the fire started.

"We have lots of security cameras and we will review that tape as we go," said Cathy Allie of the Raytown School District.

Activities planned at the school Thursday evening were set to go on as scheduled. Classes should resume Friday.